'Biggest Drama In Pakistan History': Maryam Nawaz On Imran Khan's Foreign Conspiracy Claim

Nawaz, who said that the biggest scandals in Pakistan's history surfaced during the PTI tenure also accused Khan's party of ignoring Punjab, country's most populous province with 120 million people.

Pakistan Muslim League (N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz

Source : ANI

Hitting out at the former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan, Pakistan Muslim League (N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz on Monday said the former PM staged "the biggest drama in the history of Pakistan" under the name of a foreign conspiracy, reported news agency ANI. This scathing attack comes on the back of by-polls on the 20 vacant seats of the Punjab Assembly scheduled to take place on July 17.

Nawaz, during an election rally in Lahore, accused Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) of ignoring the country's most populous province with 120 million people. Noting that the biggest scandals in Pakistan's history surfaced during the PTI tenure, she said, "LNG scandal, Bushra Bibi involvement, sugar scandal you name it... all these scandals came during Imran Khan's government."

"Unfortunately, Pakistani politics met with a person who is the biggest liar, chaos-maker and imposter. He used to say to people that we are US slaves. He kept people busy with his conspiracy claims. This is the biggest drama in Pakistan's history," Nawaz was quoted as saying by Pakistan Today according to the ANI report.

She pointed out at Imran Khan and his gang including his wife Bushra Bibi for plundering the resources of Punjab province. "Punjab was like an orphan during the PTI tenure. But now lion is back and Punjab will progress as it used to in the past," she said.

Khan, who is also on the campaign, cautioned his party workers regarding possible rigging in the elections.

Last week, Imran Khan asked his supporters to be wary of rigging during the election in Punjab as "the umpires" sided with the Shehbaz Sharif-led government.

"We have 20 by-elections [coming up] in Punjab. The only way they can win is through the rigging. The people are against them, [but] the umpires are with them," Khan said as quoted by Dawn newspaper.

In his earlier public address at Islamabad's Parade Ground he spoke against inflation, political destabilisation, excessive load-shedding and continued hikes in fuel prices. The PTI chief said that they have to win the election despite the fact that "umpires" are with the government.